TY - JOUR PY - 1984// TI - Suicide in psychiatric patients: age distribution JO - Suicide and life-threatening behavior A1 - Morrison, J. SP - 52 EP - 58 VL - 14 IS - 1 N2 - In eight years, 21,183 San Diego County residents killed themselves. Of these, 52 had been at some time patients of one private psychiatric group. The suicide rate increased with age for the county population but not for the psychiatric patients. This difference was highly significant. Although older people generally are at greater risk for suicide, older psychiatric patients may be more responsive to treatment. LA - SN - 0363-0234 UR - http://dx.doi.org/ ID - ref1 ER -